Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1983

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	806
2	James	626
3	Michael	536
4	William	436
5	John	434
6	Joshua	411
7	Robert	406
8	Matthew	359
9	David	347
10	Jason	344
11	Jonathan	329
12	Justin	319
13	Joseph	276
13	Marcus	276
15	Charles	265
16	Brandon	248
17	Jeremy	246
18	Anthony	236
19	Eric	226
20	Daniel	215
21	Thomas	200
22	Timothy	193
23	Brian	185
24	Kevin	171
25	Steven	169

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	150
27	Richard	148
28	Andrew	137
29	Derrick	130
30	Kenneth	127
31	Dustin	122
32	Patrick	120
32	Willie	120
34	Nicholas	119
35	Stephen	118
36	Ryan	110
37	Gregory	107
38	Travis	106
39	Benjamin	105
40	Larry	102
41	Jeffrey	101
41	Samuel	101
43	Corey	89
44	Antonio	86
44	Nathan	86
46	Jeffery	84
46	Mark	84
48	Paul	83
49	Bradley	78
49	Jerry	78
51	Aaron	77
51	Jacob	77
53	Cedric	76
53	Terry	76
55	Edward	74
56	Kendrick	70
57	Donald	68
57	George	68
59	Billy	66
60	Johnny	65
61	Curtis	64
62	Bobby	63
63	Jermaine	61
64	Derek	60
64	Roderick	60
66	Bryan	59
67	Jimmy	58
67	Walter	58
67	Wesley	58
70	Tony	57
71	Kyle	56
72	Mario	55
73	Eddie	54
73	Johnathan	54
73	Reginald	54
76	Chad	53
76	Gary	53
78	Jesse	51
78	Phillip	51
80	Carlos	50
81	Keith	49
81	Randy	49
83	Henry	48
83	Ronald	48
83	Terrance	48
86	Adrian	47
86	Zachary	47
88	Jared	46
88	Kelvin	46
88	Micheal	46
91	Calvin	44
92	Allen	43
92	Casey	43
94	Lee	41
95	Jamie	40
95	Ricky	40
97	Cory	39
97	Joe	39
97	Rodney	39
97	Terrence	39